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Déby's temper tests the Zaghawa pact

A general who hesitated to send troops against armed local communities was humbled in minutes. The president's own clan is now the problem

The arrest of General Mahamat Hamouda Béchir on 7 November after refusing to obey orders points to the weakening of governance in the provinces of Borkou, Ennedi and Tibesti (the BET region) in northern Chad and the problems to come in the central provinces of Batha and Wadi Fira in the east, bordering Sudan. It is also a reminder of how far the devastating war in Sudan is spilling into Chad’s national security and regional relations.

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